Detail of L’innocence Somre by andrej2249 on pxleyes. Click for full image (1,200px × 1,241px)

Some digital painters are bound to become truly great artists. Case in point is andrej2249 from Macedonia who created this stunning version of Bouguereau’s 1893 painting L’innocence. The image was the first-prize winning entry in a Painting Change Drawing Contest on pxleyes.com, in June 2010. The result is even more astounding since it was the artist’s first attempt at digital painting.

Below you can compare the original painting and the remastered version. Click the first to visit the gallery where you can admire several more contemporary versions of Bouguereau’s masterpiece. Click the second to view L’innocence Somre on pxleyes.